[OSM-talk] Cost of tolls

Nathan Edgars II neroute2 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 03:30:56 GMT 2011


Diego Woitasen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  Mapping the tolls of a highway a found that there is no tag to assign the
> cost of the toll. I haven't found examples in taginfo or tagwatch. Are you
> using something for this?
> 
>  I know this is a little complex because the cost of the toll is different
> and depends in the size of the vehicle, the time of the day, etc. but may
> be
> we could do something.
> 
Before electronic toll collection, there were two major types of toll
collection - barrier and ticket. On a barrier toll road, you would pay a set
amount at each mainline or ramp toll plaza, meaning one could put the
default 2-axle amount on the barrier=toll_booth node. On a ticket toll road
you'd get a ticket when you enter that lists tolls to each exit; when you
exit you would hand in the ticket and pay that amount. This can't really be
mapped. (A slight variation would have a standard barrier, but if you enter
midway between the beginning and the barrier you'd get a ticket that
entitles you to pay less at the barrier.)

These two systems are still in use on toll roads that accept cash, and the
former can be mapped as such. Electronic-only toll roads may mimic a barrier
system, but will more likely make it more "fair" by charging based on
distance (and thus working like a ticket toll road).

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